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Brienz

American  
[bree-ents] / briˈɛnts /

noun

  1. Lake of, a lake in SE Bern canton in Switzerland. 11.5 sq. mi. (30 sq. km).


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Brienz was evacuated more than two years ago because of signs of dangerous instability in the mountain above.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

The government won’t have enough information to decide when the villagers can go back to Brienz until the system is repaired.

From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 22, 2023

After decades of threatening to tear off and plummet down the slope, obliterating the homes below, the mountainside near the village of Brienz, in central Switzerland, finally collapsed.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

“The people of Brienz will still have to be a bit patient before they can move back,” Albertin said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

From Lucerne over the Brunig, from Meiringen over the Grimsel come the travelers, passing on their way the Lake of Brienz, with the waterfall of the Giessbach, on its southern side.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

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